Area scholars bowl team capsules

Friday

Feb 14, 2014 at 12:01 AMFeb 14, 2014 at 5:00 AM

Following are capsules of the 13 area schools, listed in alphabetical order, that qualified for Saturday's state scholars bowl competition in their classifications. The 4A state meet will be at DeSoto, 3A at Douglass, 2A at Moundridge, 1A-Division I at Satanta and 1A-DII at Rolla.

Team notes: The Longhorns had placed in the top three of nay one other meet this season, winning the Logan tournament, before claiming its regional championship. That qualified the team for state for the first time since Agra-Eastern Heights and Kensington consolidated in 2008 to form Thunder Ridge.

Team notes: The Tigers are back at state following a two-year absence after finishing third in 2011. Broeckelman, who has taken to team four times in his eight years at the school, said it was a "pleasant surprise" to make state with such a young team; and although the team will lose senior standout Jimmy Tang, a second-year exchange student from China, after this year, the rest of the state team will be back again next year.

Team notes: Carlson has been on the varsity squad since his freshman year and would like to go out with a bang in his third trip to the season finale. The Bluejays are back at state after a one-year absence, and Sebelius said "even with third place (at regionals), we are delighted to be going to state."

Team notes: The varsity squad was at full strength only twice all season. But one of those was the regional meet, and the Plainsmen took full advantage of it, winning the meet and bringing home the first-place trophy. Now, Lewis said the team would like to make a good showing at state, where "it's been so long no one can remember" the last time an Oakley scholars bowl team competed at state.

Team notes: Moxter, the only scholars bowl coach at Oberlin, will be making a team to state for the 10th time since starting the program in the late 1980s. The Red Devils will be making their third straight appearance at state and hope this time to get out of pool play and into the finals.

Team notes: McNames came out of retirement to teach at Palco this year. The Roosters didn't place that high at meets during the regular season but came out strong at regionals, going 8-2 and handing eventual champion Ransom-Western Plains -- a top-five finisher at state a year ago -- its only loss on the day.

Team notes: The squad has become known as the "men in black" over the years because the guys wear black suits and ties and the girls, black pants outfit and scarvess. Teams that consistently compete at state have gotten used to seeing the "men in black" as the Bobcats have qualified for state four straight years.

Team notes: Gupka, Stierlen and Cisneros all are returnees from last year's state runner-up team in 3A and helped lead the Broncos to top-two team finishes in all six meets this season. Last year's state finish was the best in school history, and Maier and his team would like to better that mark this year. It will be a challenge as Russell is in the same pool as Topeka-Hayden and Louisburg, which finished 2-3 at 4A state last year.

Team notes: Qualifying for state for the first time in school history was so much fun a year ago that this year's squad went one better. It brought home the first-place trophy from its regional meet and will try to use that championship effort as a springboard into a strong showing at state.

Team notes: Coach Reed said the Tigers hope to improve on last year's showing at state and make the finals this time around but knows they have their work cut out for them; Stockton is in the same pool as two top-three state finishers from a year ago, including defending state champ Satanta.

Team notes: The Monarchs are back for the second straight year at state, where a TMP team has qualified four of the past five years. They placed at every meet this season, losing out for the regional title by five points. This group of team members owns a 115-30 overall record for the past two years for a .793 win percentage.

Team notes: The Thunderhawks finished second at several meets this season, then survived a strong regional that featured four teams that had competed at state a year ago to qualify for the season finale for a second consecutive year. Wheatland-Grinnell hopes to ride the success of last year's team that placed fifth at state.

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